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Arms and Influence (Henry L. Stimson Lectures) by Thomas C Schelling Publisher Comments The author concentrates in this book n the way in which military capabilities real or imagined are used, skillfully of clumsily, as bargaining power. He sees the steps taken by the U.S. during the Berlin and Cuban crises as not merely preparations for... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Welfare, Incentives, and Taxation by James A Mirrlees Publisher Comments Nobel Prize-winning economist James Mirrlees is one of the world's leading figures in welfare, development, and public sector economics. This volume brings together for the first time published and unpublished seminal work on these key areas, providing... (read more) List Price $156.00 Your price: $8.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Do Economists Make Markets?: On the Performativity of Economics by Donald Mackenzie Publisher Comments "This excellent collection gathers the very best work on the fascinating topic of performativity in economics. The book offers articulate presentations of a wide range of different views--not only pro and con, but various pros and cons. It is as... (read more) List Price $53.50 Your price: $22.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters (Revised Edition) by Diane Coyle Publisher Comments For many, Thomas Carlyle's put-down of economics as "the dismal science" rings true--especially in the aftermath of the crash of 2008. But Diane Coyle argues that economics today is more soulful than dismal, a more practical and human science than ever... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller Publisher Comments "This book is a sorely needed corrective. Animal Spirits is an important--maybe even a decisive--contribution at a difficult juncture in macroeconomic theory."--Robert M. Solow, Nobel Prize-winning economist "This book is dynamite. It is a powerful... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community by David C Korten Publisher Comments * Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time* Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting thereIn The Great Turning, David Korten argues that... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, Why the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! by Tim Harford Publisher Comments An economist's version of The Way Things Work, this engaging volume is part field guide to economics and part expose of the economic principles lurking behind daily events, explaining everything from traffic jams to high coffee prices. The Undercover... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too by James Galbraith Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, this timely book challenges the cult of the free market that has dominated all political and economic discussion since the Reagan revolution. Even many liberals have felt the need to genuflect before the altar of free markets,... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Conspicuous Consumption (Penguin Great Ideas) by Thorstein Veblen Publisher Comments The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguins Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Mass Market
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Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus Publisher Comments Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism which he calls social business. By harnessing the energy of profit-making... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.24 Sale - Hardcover
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The End of Money and the Future of Civilization by Thomas H. Greco Jr. Publisher Comments Like the proverbial fish who doesn't know what water is, we swim in an economy built on money that few of us comprehend, and, most definitely, that we don't know is hurting us. Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly over... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Escape from Empire: The Developing World's Journey Through Heaven and Hell by Alice H Amsden Publisher Comments The American government has been both miracle worker and villain in the developing world. From the end of World War II until the 1980s poor countries, including many in Africa and the Middle East, enjoyed a modicum of economic growth. New industries... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.47 Sale - Hardcover
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Too Stupid to Quit: Banking and Business Lessons Learned the Hard Way by Richard D Jackson Publisher Comments This is a book that will be helpful to readers, who are interested in banking, management practices, leadership, and the Atlanta business scene with insights of the "key movers and shakers" and the deals they consummated. It will have a strong appeal for... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $5.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics by John R Talbott Publisher Comments Bestselling author John R. Talbott, who predicted the housing and mortgage crisis, pictures in Obamanomics--written well in advance of the historic 2008 elections--a Barack Obama presidency based on justice and cooperation—principles that have not... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Free Trade Reimagined: The World Division of Labor and the Method of Economics by Roberto Mangabeira Unger Publisher Comments "Few minds are as fertile as Roberto Mangabeira Unger's. In this extraordinary book, Unger turns his attention to an area that is in much need of creative thinking and breathes some fresh air on the stale academic debates surrounding free trade."--Dani... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Bond Market Securities (Prentice Hall Professional Finance) by Choudhry Moorad Publisher Comments Investors need to be fully conversant with the differences in the way that bonds are structured, valued and traded. Bond Market Securities contains a wide range of methodologies that will help the reader to gain a good understanding of fixed income... (read more) List Price $85.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Obama's Bank: Financing a Durable New Deal by Michael Likosky Publisher Comments The Obama administration aims to lay a sound foundation for growth by investing in high-speed rail, clean energy, information technology, drinking water, and other vital infrastructures. The idea is to partner with the private sector to produce these... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Taking Economics Seriously (Boston Review Books) by Dean Baker Publisher Comments There is nothing wrong with economics, Dean Baker contends, but economists routinely ignore their own principles when it comes to economic policy. What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction by Barry Lynn Publisher Comments "A manifesto for our times." —Thomas Frank, Wall Street Journal Barry C. Lynn, one of the most original and surprising students of the American economy, paints a genuinely alarming picture: most of our public debates about globalization... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle by Harold James Publisher Comments Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization—above all in the Great Depression—to show how... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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